Railway tie, rail fastener, and rail joint



Sept. 25, 1928.

J. C. POPE RAILWAY TIE, RAIL FASTENER, AND RAIL JOINT Filed Dec. 1926 Patented Sept. 25, 1928.

JESSIE C. POPE, OF LONGVIEW, TEXAS.

RAILWAY TIE, RAIL FASTENER, AND RAIL JOINT.

Application filed December 7, 1926. Serial No. 153,049.

The purpose of this invention is the provision of a new and improved railroad or railway tie and rail joint of the metallic hollow body type, having for its primary object a tie of simple and durable construction.

A further object of the invention is that the tie provides in its construction a means for solidly supporting the railway rails, the weight placed upon the rails receiving support through the tie and not merely upon the shell of the tie, as is the practice of some types of these ties heretofore patented.

The invention also includes as one of its features a railway tie which forms a support for both sides of each rail, and prevents the need of spikes, ordinarily used to fasten the rails to the ties.

7 the line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of the rail supporting plates, including a por' tion of its co-acting rod; and

Figure 5 is a perspective View of a modified form of the plate shown in Figure 4, for connecting the ends of two adjoining rails.

Figure 6 is a detail fragmental View in side elevation of the rail connecting plate, and the ends of two rails, illustrating the operable use of the plate in Figure 5.

Proceeding in accordance with the drawings and wherein similar numerals designate the various parts of the invention, 1 denotes a metallic railway tie'of hollow type made of cast metal or the like. This tie is of one continuous formation, the top being open along the center from end to end longitudinally of the tie as indicated at 2 and is open at both ends as will be apparent from Figure 2.

In some types of metallic railway ties the rail rests upon the shell body, but in the present invention there is provided a clamp received inside the tie so that the block 3. This. block is clearly shown in Figure 4 and includes a central upward pro tuberance 4;. The block is of such shape and dimensions as to enable it to be snugly protuberance projects beyond the tie. In laying a railway track a block is placed, one opposite the other, in pairs at suitable distances apart along the rails. The rail 5 is seated in the groove 6 in such manner, and as clearly shown in Figure 1, that the foot of the rail is supported in the bottom of the grooves 6 while the web 7 of the rail lies snugly against the underside of the curved-over portion 8 of the protuberance 4. In addition to this the shoulders 9 of the block abut the underside of the top of the tie. In this manner the rails are provided with a solid support through the tie, the rails resting also partly upon the ties.

To maintain the blocks in upright position, each one of the pair is fastened by bolts 10 to the tie and all of the blocks a-re'connected by a rod 11. Nuts 12 are then advanced upon the rod to tighten the blocks to the rails. The inside'block which is not bolted to the tie is held tightly against the rail by a washer 13 which bears against the block, and the outside block which is not bolted to the tie is brought up snugly against the rail when the nuts are advanced and tightened in position.

In Figure 5 is shown a modification of the clamping block to be used at the joining of the rail ends. In this modification the protuberance 4 has formed thereon a T head '14 including bolt holes 15 for fastening to the rail ends. The T head when in place lies next the web of the rail in the same manner as the ordinary prot-uberances 0n the regular clamping blocks. The rails at the joints are thus firmly connected, the rails atthis point being firmly supported. 7

Obviously the invention may include further modifications and alterations. consistent with the principle involved and including equivalents known in the art and in keeping with the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

A railroad tie of the class described including a hollow member angular in cross section and open at its ends and top, an inturned longitudinal flange at each side of the top of the member, said flanges constituting rail supports, a block fitted snugly within said member adjacent one end a recessed neck integral With the block and Projecting between the flanges for engaging the outer base fiangeof one rail of a track, a similar block in the member ad acent its other end, a recessed neck extending therefrom between the flanges for engaging the inner base flange ot the other rail of a track, means extending transversely throu h the blocks and the hollow member 0 for holding 7 them together fixedly, blocks fitted snugly Within the hollow member and ad ustable longitudinally thereof one of said blocks having a recessed'neck projecting between the flanges for engaging the inner base flange of the first named rail, the otherblock having a recessed neck for engaging the outer base flange of the second named rail, a rod extending longitudinally of the member through all of the blocks, a collar on the rod, means threaded onone end portion of the rod for shifting said rod longitudinally thereby to bind the collar against one of the adjust- 

